Apple’s App Store just crossed a major milestone this afternoon. Just a few moments ago, the digital storefront passed the 50 billion download mark, bringing the company’s “50 Billion App Countdown” to an end.

The winner of the countdown promotion, who has yet to be revealed, will be given a $10,000 iTunes gift card, good for apps, videos, books and music. And fifty additional lucky winners will receive $500 gift cards…

This is the third major milestone that Apple has celebrated since the App Store’s launch in 2008. The first one was for the passing 10 billion download mark in 2011. And the second came a year later, at the 25 billion mark.

Looking at the numbers, the App Store has seen staggering growth over its short existence. In fact, Apple announced back in January that it hit 40 billion downloads. So that means it saw 10 billion downloads in just 5 months.

i dont get it , is it the 50th billion person who downloaded the app OR the 50th billion app downloaded. (which means all those first 50 people who downloaded google hangouts as the 50 billion download app won?)

bohlsey

It is the 50 billionth person who downloads an app gets the money. Someone can download any app they want, they just have to be the 50 billionth person to download an app through the app store.